Work is so busy I keep missing stuff

[Pigeotto]

The last few weeks I forget things, miss deadlines etc my question mainly is when, if ever does it not become your problem anymore. They’ve just put way too much on us. I’m on the phones a good chunk of the day too and I just seemingly get no time actually to do anything.

I know it is your responsibility but there must be a point (at which I think has been crossed) that it just becomes too much. Do you just carry on and hope your work notice you’re slowly falling apart? Everyone can see I’m working crazy hours when I can just trying to hold shit together, do I stop and let it go to pot completely? That just seems so irresponsible.

Side note - not even a manager

No, if you’re struggling then you talk to your manager. You don’t just let things slip until someone notices, gives you a wanting and puts you on a performance improvement plan

I’ve said for months and literally nothing changes. I’d rather go on a performance thing at this rate at least they’ll actually see what I’m doing

Work will never notice that you are falling apart. And when you do fall apart, they will replace you. Sadly, they will do this quickly and easily.

If the job is that bad, I would be searching for another.

You need to not 'forget things' for a start and keep flagging by email that there's a problem/ too much work/ potential for a deadline to be missed. If you wait for them to come to you, you're letting this reflect badly on yourself.

Can you use a simple jira or trello board and share with your manager?

List all your tasks out for the week in a to-do list, apply a time estimate to each task and prioritise with your manager on which tasks they want done within the hours available to you in the week.

If they ask for something not on the agreed list, work with them to de-prioritise something to make the time to do the new thing.